The Cosmos Rocks - Queen & Paul Rodgers

The Cosmos Rocks.........What a let down. Being a massive Queen fan I was so excited to hear the first album from the Band (all be it with out Freddie Mercury) in 15 years. The album has 2 good songs which are the 2 songs Queen + Paul Rogers have promoted. The title track, The Cosmos Rocks and C'lebrity. Other than that the other songs are average. Say Its Not True is one other song on the album which I have heard before as an acoustic version live and it is beautiful. This song was written for Nelson Mandela. But the version on this album is a let down compared to the acoustic version. This is just my opinion and it is properly clouded ...  Read the complete review

For many people, 'Queen' ceased to exist on the day that Freddie Mercury died - and that's fair enough - how could anyone possible replace the charismatic and iconic singer?. However, Queen are still rocking to this very day, and their album 'The Cosmos Rocks' represents the first outing of new material since 1995. 'Free' / 'Bad Company' front man Paul Rodgers has taken on the vocal responsibilities, so how does this epic rock collaboration sound? I'm not going to go through this album track by track as I normally do with my music reviews, but merely pick out a few songs of note and explain my feelings towards them. Opening with 'Cosmos Rockin'', it ...  Read the complete review